We knew we wanted to paint the outside of the house, but we weren't exactly sure what color. Our guru Realtor said "White House - Black Trim"! She's pretty savvy, so we thought those would be our colors. Well, some of our windows have wood trim and some have plastic; that's normal, right? I started getting nervous about painting plastic trim and then the Husband was all "...but what about the door?". So now we have to decide a door color, BUT we have 2 doors on the front of the house, 2 on the back and 1 on the side (great escape plans in the case of a fire or crazy Bainbridge Island serial killer).
Red! A red front door would pop against a white house with black trim. Well, according to our Realtor, red is out. No more red doors people, no more! What she told us next hit us in stages. First stage was judgement (of her, not the color suggestion), second stage was appall, third stage was Google, fourth stage was acceptance, fifth and final stage was love. Emerald green! Yes, that is a thing!
I did, however, make the executive decision to forget the black trim and paint everything white. This may seem like it would be too much white, but this ranch style house needs as much light as possible.
These pictures are the stages and the last one is not the final final final result, but you get the general idea. Emerald green. Thanks, Cassie!
How will we ever choose INTERIOR colors? Oy vey!
My advice:
1) Go nuts on Pinterest/Houzz to find cool paint color combinations. Something might look awesome on a 2-story colonial, but on your ranch might look awful. As long as you have a little time, take it to find the right combo.
I like the green! If you want to get a read on up and coming colors, check out pantone.com. You might get some ideas :)
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